Apparatus and computer program for practicing musical instrument

Abstract

An electronic musical instrument stores plural pieces of voice data (i.e., voice waveform data) indicating plural syllables (a, i, u, etc., or do, re, mi, etc.) and automatic performance data indicating a performed music piece. The automatic performance data is composed of a series of note data and information indicating voice data corresponding to the note data. The pitch indicated by the performance information from a keyboard and the pitch indicated by the performance data are compared, and in case where both pitches correspond with each other, the voice data is reproduced with a frequency corresponding to both pitches (steps S21 and S22). In case where both pitches do not correspond with each other, the voice data is reproduced with a frequency having the pitch indicated by the inputted performance information (steps S21, S23 and S24). Therefore, a user can practice playing a musical instrument with fun by getting the user to listen to voices such as lyrics, syllable names (do, re, mi, etc.) or the like.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an apparatus and a computer program for practicing a musical instrument. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] Heretofore, an apparatus for practicing a musical instrument has been known, as disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application No. HEI6-289857, for example, that compares, every one tone, a pitch indicated by performance information inputted by a user with a pitch indicated by a series of performance data prepared beforehand and indicative of a performed music piece, and when the performance information inputted by the user and the corresponding subject tone of the performance data correspond with each other, causes the user to practice playing a musical instrument every one tone with the tone indicated by the next performance data defined as a to-be-compared tone. [0005] The aforesaid conventional apparatus sounds out the musical instrument sound having a pit...

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Benefits of technology

[0006] The present invention is accomplished in view of the above-mentioned subject, and aims to provide an apparatus and a computer program for practicing playing a musical instrument that makes it possible for a user to practice playing a musical instrument with fun by getting the user to listen to a voice such as the lyrics, syllable names (do, re, mi, etc.) or the like.

[0008] In the present invention having the aforesaid configuration, in case where the pitch indicated by the performance information inputted by the user by using the performance information input portion (BL1) corresponds with the pitch indicated by the performance data successively read out from the performance data memory (BL3), the first voice data reproducing portion (BL6) reproduces voice data stored in the voice data memory (BL2) and corresponding to the information indicating the voice data read out by the performance data read-out portion (BL4). Accordingly, the user can practice playing a musical instrument while listening to voices such as the lyrics, syllable names (do, re, mi or the like) etc., not the musical instrument sound, so that the user can practice playing a musical instrument with fun. Further, according to the present invention, when the user plays a musical instrument well, the voices (lyrics, syllable names or the like) are smoothly generated. On the other hand, when the user plays a musical instrument poorly, voices are delayed or broken off. Thus, the user can intuitively grasp the degree of his or her progress in playing a musical instrument.

[0010] In another feature of the present invention, the voice data is reproduced with a frequency having a pitch different from the performance data successively read out by the performance read-out portion (BL4), in case where the user makes a mistake in his or her performance. This allows the user to happen to listen to the voice having a pitch different from the pitch that should be performed, with the result that the user is easy to be aware of the mistake in his or her performance.

Problems solved by technology

On the other hand, when the user plays a musical instrument poorly, voices are delayed or broken off.

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